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• A Woman's Write - Writing contest for women seeks a story, memoir or book chapter on a given theme. Deadline; December 31, thence monthly. Entry fee: $7. First prize: $70.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence - An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Arizona Authors Association Awards - AAA requires entries for unpublished poetry, short stories, essays/articles, and novels. Cash prizes of $100 in each category, plus publication, are offered. Deadline: July 1, annually. Entry fees vary from $10 (poetry) to $30 (novels).
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Associated Writing Programs Awards - Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents only.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• AwardWeb - Information on major literary awards throughout the USA and other countries, particularly focusing on (though not limited to) science fiction and fantasy.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Blackberry Hill Creative Arts Awards - Seeking 3,500 word-limit short stories and 40 line-limit poems. Cash prizes total $750 and $300, respectively. Entry fees: $15 and $10. Deadlines: May 31 and June 30.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - San Jose State University sponsors this yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". No entry fee. Official deadline: April 15.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• ByLine Magazine Contests - Writers magazine offers a large number of contests throughout the year, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Open to all. Modest cash prizes.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Communicator Awards, The - Annual competitions honoring excellence in all areas of communication, with separate categories for print (177 sub-categories), video (216 sub-categories) and audio (140 sub-categories).
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Flyway - 6th Annual Flyway Sweet Corn Prize. $150 and a book bag of Iowa sweet corn for top entries in each category: fiction, nonfiction (maximum: 4,000 words) and poetry. Reading fee: $18. Deadline March 1st.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Foster City International Writer's Contest - Seeks entries in four categories: short stories (limit: 3,000 words); poetry (limit: 2 pages); children's stories (limit: 2,000 words); humor or personal essay (2,000 words). Entry fee: $12. Total prize money: $1,500. Deadline: December 31.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• International STC Technical Communications Competition - The Society for Technical Communication sponsors annual competitions to recognise achievements in the technical communications field.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award - Provides a $25,000 award, plus a 3-month residency at Stanford University. Applicants must be 35 years of age or younger and have published no more than one book at the time of application. This award is for fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Deadline: December 1.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Mid-List Press First Series Awards - Offers annual awards for novels, short fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $30. Deadlines vary. Open to unpublished writers only. The award includes publication and an advance against royalties.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Milkweed Editions - Milkweed Editions is a non-profit publisher of literature for adults and young adults based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Milkweed National Fiction Prize is awarded annually for the best fiction manuscript submitted by an author not previously published by Milkweed.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction - Humorous stories and essays up to 750 words are required. Reading fee: $5. Deadline: December 1. Cash prizes total $850.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org) - Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• National Writing Contest - Original, unpublished novels are sought in this annual contest. Manuscripts must be at least 90 pages in length.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Page One Contests - A writing contest, in which readers are urged to write 100 words on a given theme, in order to win a copy of a current book.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Painted Bride Fiction and Poetry Contests - Literary short stories (maximum 5,000 words) and poetry are sought in contests sponsored by Rutgers University. Reading fees: $10 and $5 respectively. Deadline: September 30. $1000 prize in each category, plus publication in PBQ.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Park Publications U.K. - Publishers of the magazines, "Scribble" and "Countryside Tales", holding quarterly competitions for original, unpublished short stories and poems, some open, some limited to specific themes.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Peralta Press Writing Awards - Annual contest seeks poetry (maximum: 30 lines), short stories and non-fiction (both maximum: 2,000 words). Minimum entry fee: $10. Cash prizes total: $750. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: August 15.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Playwriting Contest - Annual contest seeks original, unproduced plays, open in theme, but suitable in both subject, and language, for family-oriented amateur groups. The winner receives a $1,000 royalty advance, and publication.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Pomegranate Words Writing Contests - Offers free monthly contests for poetry and fiction. Open worldwide, but to teenagers only.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Pronghorn Press Publishing - Promotes annual prose (up to 5,000 words) and poetry (no more than 60 lines) contests relating to contemporary life in three specific regions, namely, the Rockies, the Desert Southwest, and the Northwest Coast.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

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